Kendra Ezeama

Class:
Senior
Event:
Throws
Hometown:
Smithfield, R.I.
High School:
Smithfield
Concentration:
Computer Security | International and Public Affairs

Full Results on TFRRS

2024 Outdoor: Set the sixth-best shot put mark in school history with a 14.70-meter throw at Ivy League Outdoor Heps.

2023-2024 Indoor: Set the fourth-best shot put mark in school history at the URI Invitational with a mark of 15.38 meters…Set the sixth-best hammer throw mark at Ivy League Outdoor Heps with a mark of 54.97 meters.

2023 Outdoor: Did not compete...Named the Student-Athlete of the Year at the Black Student-Athlete Summit.

2022-23 Indoor: Competed in the shot put at eight meets, finishing on the podium in six of those meets…Took first place at the Alden Invitational (14.46m)…Finished runner-up at the Brown Invitational (14.35m)…Finished fifth overall at the Ivy League Heps (13.88m).

2022 Outdoor: Won the shot put and had a season-best hammer throw of 49.46 meters at the Bryant Black & Gold Invitational…Turned in a season-best 14.47-meter shot put to take first place at the UConn Northeast Challenge…Won the shot put at the Brown Springtime Invitational …Placed sixth in the shot put at Ivy League Heps…Finished sixth at the New England Championships in the shot put (13.62m).

2021-22 Indoor: Won the shot put at both the Coach’s Invitational (13.69m) and the Brown Invitational (14.02m)…Placed seventh in the shot put at Ivy League Heps.

2021 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2020-21 Indoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Before Brown: Competed in track & field at Smithfield High School…Recorded a distance of 43’ in the shot put, 49’ in the weight throw and 113’ in the discus in 2020…Registered a distance of 149’ in the hammer throw at Nationals in 2020…Finished second in New England in the shotput (2020)…Placed third in the shot put at New Englands (2019)…Three-time Rhode Island State Champion…Ranks second all-time at the State Meet with a weigh throw of 43'…Named Hometown Hero...Student Body President of Smithfield High School (2020)…Three-time National Center for Women in Technology State Winner (2018, 2019, 2020)…Cyber Patriot Gold Tier Finalist (2020)…Graduate of the Academy of Engineering…Graduate of the Academy of Computer Science…A member of Girls Who Code, the Art Club, the tennis team (JV doubles) and Student Government.

Personal: Daughter of Ada and Martin Ezeama…Has five siblings, Kimberly, Kingsley, Kayla, Konstantine and Kourtney…Her sister Kayla competed in track & field all four years at URI.